Dan

Whole thread on this here.

my 2 cents 1:7, you are going to want to use 68-77gr bullets to be optimal. This puts you into the expensive ammo range. The russians do make some bi-metal 75gr practice ammo that is pretty inexpensive, but sometimes varies on its availability. You can get away with 62gr but accuracy will most likely suffer. I'm guessing if you are going to be playing in 100-300 yard range, you can save yourself ammo costs with a 1:9 twist barrel and being able to shoot 55gr-69gr stuff with a twist rate that stabilizes this weight bullet well. 55 and 62gr are the two most popular milsurp types out there. 55gr are almost always the least expensive for plinking/practice ammo. Then you could go for some 68gr match loads if you are going for accuracy, distance, and consistency.

I'm not an expert, but this is my understanding: If it is a 5.56/.223 AR, take a look at the twist rate on your barrel. If it is 1:9, you want 55gr-69gr (won't stabilize heavier bullets well over 69gr), if it is 1:7 you want 68-77gr (I'd shy away from 55gr as it may overspin the bullet, heavier bullets will typically do better like 68gr and up), if it is 1:8 you want 62-77gr but can shoot 55gr's with acceptable results for plinking.

Col Mortimer, you can remove me from the list and bump up a reserve. Thanks!

No, because you will still be going to the range from work, and work is not considered an exempted place to posses a HG. Has to be from your home, your land, your business/workplace (that you own), a place of repair, or another target range. Those are all exempted places for possession of a HG.

Fixed it for you.

The only time the NRA gets mainstream press/media time is when some horrible violent act is committed with a gun, and the press tries to hint that the NRA made it possible.

here's what I found: Federal law allows for a person to build a firearm from scratch for their own personal use, not for resale. NJ law pretty much says no, unless you register as a manufacturer and abide by the rules set forth.

What is not totally true, your example backs up what I'm saying and what the article I linked to is about. How the ATF reviews samples from manufacturors and makes legally binding call on whether it is a firearm, not a firearm, a legal firearm, or illegal firearm, etc via these "letters". The point is, the ATF can all of a sudden declare those 95% lowers are now illegal (even if it previously ruled they were legal) without giving any reasoning behind its ruling.

The DA would have to choose not to prosecute. Unfortunately that would put him in a rough spot as the situation is so blatantly obvious that this guy broke the law. His next only hope would be jury nullification ala Jonathan Ryan style. He slam dunk broke the law, and the jury came back with a not guilty in 30 minutes. They obviously decided to ignore the law and ruled not guilty anyway. This guy was an idiot, but at the same time I hope he doesn't get the good ole welcome to NYC ruin your life stint. It is clear he was not acting malicious , or had any violent criminal intent.

AFAIK , they can have the military gun, but not the ammo. If you can't ban one, ban the other. When they go to the target range, they can buy govt subsidized ammo there, but they must use it all before they go home. When they mobilize for war, they have to go to a local depot to pick up ammo. Only a small percentage of "first responders" are permitted to keep the formerly customary 50 rounds of ammo in their home along with the rifle. Buying military ammo has rules associated with it, and has to be registered when being purchased at a store. http://concealed.wordpress.com/2007/10/27/switzerland-strips-all-citizens-of-gun-rights/

It's been said before, but the ATF is out of control. They have the ability to declare firearms "non-sporting" banning them from importation. They also have the power to arbitrarily declare newly designed firearms illegal based on "letter rulings". Basically , firearm manufacturers send in a prototype to the ATF for analysis. The ATF will then come back and say its good or not. The kicker is , the ATF doesn't give any guidelines on what is good or not (so its all a big guess when you build your prototype), AND they can change their mind at any time, as in, its good this month, but then 6 mos later after you geared up to produce the new gun they tell you its a no-go. Firearm manufacturers are simply asking for clear and concise guidelines they need to follow when designing new firearms, so they avoid the guessing game. The ATF refuses to give them any. Sounds kinda like the NJSP guideline book that we are suing about to have a peek at. News article here

I'd be down for this, I'd like to break into competitive / game shooting.

Old Bridge wants re-printing if you haven't had a FID or PP done in the past 2 years. This whole Sagem Morpho thing has be worried. The company and its technology has the foundation and potential for creating a state/national biometric databse. Traditionally fingerprinting was done to criminals or those arrested, then whenever suspects of a crime needed to be checked they would compare the database to see if you were one of those prior criminals or had any prior offenses. Now, regular civilians not involved in the criminal justice process are being fingerprinted for a myriad of reasons including firearm permits, employment, adoptions, contractor work, etc. Many of them use Sagem Morpho, so they have the potential of sharing your biometric and ID information to whomever. This is dangerous for all the same reasons a National ID system could be abused. Next we'll see portable fingerprint scanners at banks, when you buy insurance, purchase cars, get a mortgage, register kids for school, etc etc. Of course... all for our own protection to combat things like identity theft, etc. I know its tinfoil hat stuff, but once that data is all in one place and accessible, there are so many potentials for profit and control by mining that data.

Good idea on the double pin, I may try that to see if it stops the wobble.

My MOE wobbles even when pinned. Unless you want to modify it further to eliminate wobble, take a look at the CTR or even better, the ACS which both use a compression lock to eliminate wobble at any position.

Nice, thanks for the writeup with pics!

I never really thought of the noise factor in using a gun for HD. Something to think about. Of course the bottom line is, a little hearing damage will always beat being murderlated.

The Sgt asking for the gun "paperwork" is like asking to see the receipts for their flat screen TV sitting in their living room to make sure it is not stolen. Absurd. Unless the homeowner who volunteered the information that he had a HG was a known to be prohibited person, there is no legal leg to stand on in this instance that I could think of.

Evil feature list only applies to SA rifles with a detachable magazine. AFAIK all of the SKS's that Samco is offering are fixed mags.

They are just being paranoid. Perhaps they are confused that the rifle needs to have a detachable mag for the NJ "ban by name" list and/or the NJAC "evil feature" list to apply. You could try educating them?

I heard it sucks, you guys won't want it....

I'm in a race with Bob to get the first one in NJ. I'm betting on Tony at TJ's albino elephant (aka Sig 1911 9mm) hunting skills!

I have a 1W arctic blue laser and a 100mw green laser. Laws are all around their use. I'm scared to use the 1W laser. I bought a pair of $70 laser safety goggles and only use it in my closed garage. An accidental swipe across the eyes, or a bounceback reflection is enough to cause permanent eye injury or blindness from great distances. There is also evidence that just looking at the scattered blue light, or the beam can cause eye problems. Apparently the eye has a hard time with blue, and it uses some kind of rechargeable chemical to detect it. The blue lasers are such an intense blue, that your eye uses all of its blue eye juice chemical up, and can cause color perception issues until it can recharge its store. It's ok once in awhile, but repeated exposure to the radiation in that blue wavelength could start causing some long term funkyness. I'm probably getting it all wrong, but that's how I remember it. The 100mw green laser is much more fun. Still have to be very careful, but you are much less likely to cause damage from a reflection. A direct shot or swipe is still very dangerous. I have a few 5mw green lasers which are fun to play with the dog. Should still be careful, and avoid any eye contact.

Looks like it was the reporter's first time shooting a gun, and she liked it. Her remark after shooting the .22lr rifle was a smile and "that was awesome". She's hooked.